Culpeper

Culpeper, Colepeper, or Culpepper are varying forms of the last name of several people:

• John Culpeper (1366–1414), knight in the court of Henry V
• Thomas Culpeper (1514–1541), courtier of Henry VIII
• Martyn Culpepper, English academic administrator at the University of Oxford
• Nicholas Culpeper (1616–1654), English botanist, herbalist, physician, and astrologer
• The Barons Colepeper including:
  • John Colepeper, 1st Baron Colepeper (d. 11 June 1660), English politician & Chancellor of the Exchequer 1643–1646
  • Thomas Colepeper, 2nd Baron Colepeper (1635–1689), English colonial governor of Virginia
• John Culpepper (1761–1841), North Carolina Congressman
• William T. Culpepper, III (b. 1947), North Carolina General Assemblyman
• Brad Culpepper (b. May 8, 1969), American football player
• Alan Culpepper (b. 15 December 1972), American distance runner married to Shayne Culpepper
• Shayne Culpepper (b. 3 December 1973), American middle distance athlete
• Daunte Culpepper (b. 28 January 1977), American football player
• Thomas Culpeper, fictional character in the 1943 film A Canterbury Tale
• C. G. Culpepper, fictional character in the 1963 film It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

The meaning and origin of the name Culpeper are obscure.

It is also the name of:

• Culpeper, Virginia
• Culpeper County, Virginia
• USS PC-1240 Culpeper, patrol ship of the United States Navy
• The Culpepper Cattle Co., a 1972 western
• Culpepper Island, a small uninhabited isle off the coast of Barbados, West Indies
• Culpepper Island, other name of the Darwin Island in the Galapagos, Ecuador.